Sandalwood has unique natural properties and widely used for skin/acne care ...So, I was searching for Sandalwood billet to buy. And here goes how I got it.

Every state in India has its own rules on how much sandalwood individual can possess/have. Sandalwood is classified as scheduled timber (I don't have any idea what they mean by calling scheduled timber). Sandalwood was smuggled and so, its movement, cultivation, sale - everything is monitored by government as per the state rules.

Legal purchase can be made from state / government owned handicrafts store Like Poombukar (Tamilnadu Handicrafts), Lepakshi, Khadi Gramodyog, etc., Buying from government is good since they sell original sandalwood. The current price of sandalwood is Rs.12000 to Rs.13000 INR per kg + tax. Sandalwood is sold as small chips / billet. Less expensive sandalwood is also available and its not advised to buy these, since after extracting Sandalwood oil they sell dead wood (No therapeutic uses) with some fragrance.

You can also buy figures carved out of sandalwood, this can be used for decoration / showcase. For using sandalwood you need to buy only chips/ billet of the wood.

You can buy sandalwood products in india from the following online sites - I got it from one of the below links.

Other countries where sandalwood is in abundance are Vanuatu, South Pacific, Sri lanka / Ceylon , some african countries.., Indian Sandalwood has huge demand worldwide and the supply is currently way under the demand.

Currently the law has changed, and Indian citizens can own a sandalwood plant/tree... Lot of activity happening around the sales of sandalwood seedlings / plantations all around.

Pancha loham is a composition / mixture of five metals. It is used to make idols/statues and jewellery. Since its less expensive, Most people have a wrong perception, that, "who can not afford gold ornaments or jewellery go for (buy) Pancha loham",. People buy pancha loham with the belief that it will bring balance to their body and mind. Its widely believed, Wearing a jewellery made of Panchaloha / Panchdhatu brings balance in life, self-confidence, good health, fortune, prosperity and peace of mind. The land and our body we dwell may have imbalance in composition of metals ~ i.e., more or less of a particular metal[s] or a absence of a metal. The secret of wearing jewellery made out of pancha loham is, it provides balance in totality...i.e., balance of life-force (prana sakthi), and thus provides Nutrient and energy to the wearers !!!

Panchaloham also know as aimpon , பஞ்சலோகம் a.k.a ஐம்பொன்

If we use jewellery made out of pancha loham there will be no question on our self-confidence, good health, fortune, prosperity and peace of mind. These are the five metals present in the human body. Studies have revealed many individuals lack some of these metal components in the body. These rings help in filling the absent component to help bring stability and positivity in one's life. They help people to shrug off the negativity and be inclined towards their career goals and motives. These metals also compliment various gem stones which are used alongside. It is essential for you to use it if you are looking for fresh changes in your dull life.

Few wear jewellery / rings made out of this alloy with a sutiable gem or Navratna (9 gems). Others make idols/statues to keep it at home / office / temple, but do remember you have perform Abhisheka (Spritual Cleansing) for idols/statues.

Is this composition of 5 metals possible ?

Yes, Its possible, This mixture can be created, and there is a special process in scriptures to make this mixture ! For every location/land the composition may vary !

Lets look at its composition (components and percentage used),

I have not read Silpasastras , but heared there are various versions as below -

1st version - a mixture of Copper, Silver,Gold,Copper sulphate and Lead.

2nd version - a mixture of Copper, Silver,Gold,zinc or zinc sulphate and Lead.

]]>129@www.periyakaruppan.com//ReligionSun, 25 Nov 2012 08:54:00 -0000muthuveerappanMantrashttp://www.periyakaruppan.comhttp://www.periyakaruppan.com/?e=128
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]]>128@www.periyakaruppan.com//ReligionSun, 25 Nov 2012 08:48:00 -0000muthuveerappanAll about moles - மச்ச சாஸ்திரம்http://www.periyakaruppan.comhttp://www.periyakaruppan.com/?e=124
http://www.periyakaruppan.comhttp://www.periyakaruppan.com/?e=124#commMole - A small congenital pigmented spot on the skin. Fortune telling based on moles or interpretation of bodily marks is know as macha sastram in tamil (மச்ச சாஸ்திரம்). Lets see Effects of Moles, Marks, Signs etc. for Men and Women.

This is an untitled article on moles. I am not too sure who wrote it thus unable to give credit to the author. If anyone know of the source, I am more than happy to add credit to the work.

There is nothing else higher than GOD; All this universe is woven upon GOD, like numbers of pearls upon a thread. God is the taste in water, God is the light of the sun and moon, God is the manliness in human beings; God is the fragrant smell in the earth, God is the light/heat in the fire; God is life in all beings, and Penance in those who perform penance. God is not in us, but we are in him

Whatever happened, it happened for good. What is happening is also happening for good. Whatever will happen, that too will be for good!!!

Why do you cry? What have you lost? What did you bring with you that you have lost? You did not bring anything when you were born. What did you create/produce that has been destroyed/perished? Whatever you have, you have received from Him (God) Whatever you will give, you will give to Him. You came empty handed and you will go the same way. What is yours today, was someone else's yesterday and will be someone else's tomorrow

The change is the way/law of the universe. May God Bless Us All.

One should always speak the truth. Truth is to present facts the way they are. To say something, just to make someone happy, or for any future personal gains is not truth. Lot of times truth hurts. It should still be presented.

When a person dwells longingly on sense objects, an inclination towards them is generated. This inclination develops into desire and desire gives rise to anger.

From anger proceeds delusion; from delusion, confused memory; from confused memory the ruin of reason; due to ruin of reason, he finally perishes.

Let a man raise himself by his own efforts. Let him not degrade himself. Because a person's best friend or his worst enemy is, none other than his own self.

For a person who has conquered his lower self by the divine self, his own self acts as his best friend. But for that person who has not conquered his lower self, his own self acts as his worst enemy.

A person has the right towards action alone and not towards the fruit of action. Let not the fruit of action be the motive for acting. Also, Let there not be any attachment to inaction.

(Therefore) You must always fulfill all your obligatory duties without attachment. By performing actions without attachment, one attains the Highest.

Desire and anger which are born out of passion are insatiable and prompt man to great sin and should be recognized as enemies.

By whatever cause the mind, which is restless and fidgeting, wanders away, the yogi should bring it back from that and concentrate only on the Self.

He who offers all actions to God, without attachment, remains untouched by sin, just as a lotus leaf by water.

Hardly one among thousands of men strives to realize God; Of those who strive, again, only a very rare one (devoting himself exclusively to God) knows God in reality.

Even If the radiance of a thousand Suns, bursts forth all at once in the heavens, it would still hardly approach the splendor of the mighty Lord.

He, by whom the world is not agitated and whom the world cannot agitate, he who remains calm in times of joy, anger, fear and anxiety, is dear to the Almighty.

Death is certain of that which is born. Birth is certain of that which is dead. Therefore, you should not lament over the inevitable.

Even a confirmed sinner, if he worships the Lord with unwavering faith and devotion, must be considered righteous, because, he has decided to reform himself.

Abandoning all paths, come to God as the only refuge. Grieve not, for God will liberate you from all sins.

Do not worry about the past or the future - live in the present.

Whatever materialistic pleasures you have, will cause you sufferings.

This is mine, that is yours - remove such feelings and you will be liked by everyone.

Change is a rule of the world. In a second you become a rich and in a second you become poor.

You should dedicate yourself to the God. He will free you of your fear, anger & sorrow.

Whatever you do; dedicate it to God. By doing so you will get the pleasure of becoming free from all evil.

]]>126@www.periyakaruppan.com//LinkdumpFri, 30 Oct 2009 19:48:00 -0000muthuveerappanTamil New Year - Puthanduhttp://www.periyakaruppan.comhttp://www.periyakaruppan.com/?e=121
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I got a FW mail from someone, I did create a gif (to easily embed in my blog) from those images....

WE HAVE TO FOLLOW & LIVE WITH NATURE,
POLITICAL OR THE RULERS ARE SECONDARY,
WE SHOULD NOT MISGUIDE OUR NEXT GENERATIONS.... ]]>121@www.periyakaruppan.com//News - AnnouncementsSun, 30 Aug 2009 00:59:00 -0000muthuveerappanIndian Political Scrap !http://www.periyakaruppan.comhttp://www.periyakaruppan.com/?e=120
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At the very beginning of his book, 'The Nehru Dynasty', Astrologer K.N. Rao mentions the names of Jawaharlal's father and grandfather.

Jawaharlal's father was believed to be Motilal and Motilal's father was one Gangadhar Nehru. We all know that Jawaharlal's only daughter was Indira Priyadarshini Nehru; Kamala Nehru was her mother, who died in Switzerland of tuberculosis. She was totally against Indira's proposed marriage with Feroze. Why? No one tells us that!

Now, who is this Feroze? We are told by many that he was the son of the family grocer. The grocer supplied wines, etc... to Anand Bhavan (previously known as Ishrat Manzil) .

What was the family grocer's name?

One frequently hears that Rajiv Gandhi's grandfather was Pandit Nehru. But then we all know that everyone has two grandfathers, the paternal and the maternal grandfathers. In fact, the paternal grandfather is deemed to be the more important grandfather in most societies.

Why is it then, nowhere, we find Rajiv Gandhi's paternal grandfather’s name? It appears that the reason is simply. Rajiv Gandhi's paternal grandfather was a Muslim gentleman from the Junagadh area of Gujarat . This Muslim grocer by the name of Nawab Khan had married a Parsi woman after converting her to Islam. This is the source where from the myth of Rajiv being a Parsi was derived. Rajiv's father Feroze, was Feroze Khan before he married Indira, against Kamala Nehru's wishes.

Feroze's mother's family name was Ghandy, often associated with Parsis and this was changed to Gandhi, sometime before his wedding with Indira, by an affidavit.

The fact of the matter is that (and this fact can be found in many writings) Indira was very lonely. Chased out of the Shantiniketan University by Guru Dev Rabindranath himself for misdemeanour, the lonely girl was all by herself, while father Jawaharlal was busy with politics, pretty women and illicit sex, the mother was in hospital.

Feroze Khan, the grocer's son was then in England and he was quite sympathetic to Indira and soon enough she changed her religion, became a Muslim woman and married Feroze Khan in a London mosque. Nehru was not happy; Kamala was dead already or dying. The news of this marriage eventually reached Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (better known as Mahatma Gandhi) .

Gandhi urgently called Nehru and practically ordered him to ask the young man to change his name from Khan to Gandhi. It had nothing to do with change of religion, from Islam to Hinduism for instance. It was just a case of a change of name by an affidavit. And so Feroze Khan became Feroze Gandhi. The surprising thing is that the apostle of truth, the old man soon to be declared India ’s Mahatma and the 'Father of the Nation' didn't mention this game of his in the famous book, 'My Experiments with Truth'. Why?

When they returned to India , a mock 'Vedic marriage' was instituted for public consumption. On this subject, writes M.O. Mathai (a long-time Private Secretary of Nehru) in his renowned (but now suppressed by the GOI!) 'Reminiscences of the Nehru Age' on page 94, second paragraph: ' For some inexplicable reason, Nehru allowed the marriage to be performed according to Vedic rites in 1942. An inter-religious and inter-caste marriage under Vedic rites at that time was not valid in law. To be legal, it had to be a civil marriage.'

It's a known fact that after Rajiv's birth Indira and Feroze lived separately, but they were not divorced. Feroze used to harass Nehru frequently for money and also interfere in Nehru's political activities. Nehru got fed up and left instructions not to allow him into the Prime Minister's residence Trimurthi Bhavan.

Mathai writes that the death of Feroze came as a relief to Nehru and Indira. The death of Feroze in 1960 before he could consolidate his own political forces is itself a mystery. Feroze had even planned to remarry.

Those who try to keep tabs on our leaders in spite of all the suppressions and deliberate misinformation, are aware of the fact that the second son of Indira (or Mrs .Feroze Khan) known as Sanjay Gandhi was not the son of Feroze. He was the son of another Muslim gentleman, Mohammad Yunus.

Here in passing, we might mention that the second son was originally named Sanjiv. It rhymed with Rajiv, the elder brother's name. It was changed to Sanjay when he was arrested by the British police in England and his passport impounded, for having stolen a car. Krishna Menon was then India ’s High Commissioner in London . He offered to issue another passport to the felon who changed his name to Sanjay. Incidentally, Sanjay's marriage with the Sikh girl Menaka (now they call her Maneka for Indira Gandhi found the name of mythological Lord Indra's Court dancer rather offensive!!) took place quite surprisingly in Mohammad Yunus's house in New Delhi .

The marriage with Menaka who was a model (She had modeled for Bombay Dyeing wearing just a towel) was not so ordinary either. Sanjay was notorious in getting unwed young women pregnant. Menaka too was rendered pregnant by Sanjay.

It was then that her father, Colonel Anand, threatened Sanjay with dire consequences if he did not marry her daughter and that did the trick.

Sanjay married Menaka. It was widely reported in Delhi at the time that Mohammad Yunus was unhappy at the marriage of Sanjay with Menaka. Apparently he had wanted to get him married with a Muslim girl of his choice. It was Mohammad Yunus who cried the most when Sanjay died in the plane accident.

In Yunus's book, 'Persons, Passions & Politics' one discovers that baby Sanjay had been circumcised following Islamic custom, although the reason stated was phimosis. It was always believed that Sanjay used to blackmail Indira Gandhi and due to this she used to turn a blind eye when Sanjay Gandhi started to run the country as though it were his personal freedom. Was he black mailing her with the secret of who his real father was? When the news of Sanjay's death reached Indira Gandhi, the first thing she wanted to know was about the bunch of keys which Sanjay had with him.

Nehru was no less a player in producing bastards.

At least one case is very graphically described by M.O. Mathai in his 'Reminiscences of the Nehru Age', page 206.

Mathai writes: 'In the autumn of 1948 a young woman from Benares arrived in New Delhi as a sanyasini named Shraddha Mata (an assumed and not a real name). She was a Sanskrit scholar well versed in the ancient Indian scriptures and mythology. People, including MPs, thronged to her to hear her discourses. One day S.D. Upadhyaya, Nehru's old employee, brought a letter in Hindi from Shraddha Mata. Nehru gave her an interview in the PM's house. As she departed, I noticed (Mathai is speaking here) that she was young, shapely and beautiful. Meetings of Nehru with her became rather frequent, mostly after he finished his work at night. During one of Nehru's visits to Lucknow , Shraddha Mata turned up there and Upadhyaya brought a letter from her as usual. Nehru sent her the reply and she visited Nehru at midnight...' Suddenly Shraddha Mata disappeared.

In November 1949 a convent in Bangalore sent a decent looking person to Delhi with a bundle of letters. He said that a young woman from northern India arrived at the convent a few months ago and gave birth to a baby boy. She refused to divulge her name or give any particulars about herself. She left the convent as soon as she was well enough to move out but left the child behind. She however forgot to take with her a small cloth bundle in which, among other things, several letters in Hindi were found. The Mother Superior, who was a foreigner, had the letters examined and was told they were from the Prime Minister.

The person who brought the letters surrendered them...'I (Mathai) made discreet inquiries repeatedly about the boy but failed to get a clue about his whereabouts. Convents in such matters are extremely tight-lipped and secretive.

Had I succeeded in locating the boy, I would have adopted him. He must have grown up as a Catholic Christian blissfully ignorant of who his father was.'

Coming back to Rajiv Gandhi, we all know now that he changed his so called Parsi religion to become a Catholic to marry Sania Maino of Turin , Italy . Rajiv became Roberto. His daughter's name is Bianca and son's name is Raul. Quite cleverly the same names are presented to the people of India as Priyanka and Rahul.

What is amazing is the extent of our people's ignorance in such matters. The press conference that Rajiv Gandhi gave in London after taking over as Prime minister of India was very informative. In this press conference, Rajiv boasted that he was NOT a Hindu but a Parsi. Mind you, speaking of the Parsi religion, he had no Parsi ancestor at all.

His grandmother (father's mother) had turned Muslim after having abandoned the Parsi religion to marry Nawab Khan.

It is the western press that waged a blitz of misinformation on behalf of Rajiv. From the New York Times to the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post, the big guns raised Rajiv to heaven. The children's encyclopedias recorded that Rajiv was a qualified Mechanical Engineer from the revered University of Cambridge . No doubt US kids are among the most misinformed in the world today! The reality is that in all three years of his tenure at that University Rajiv had not passed a single exam. He had therefore to leave Cambridge without a certificate.

Sonia too had the same benevolent treatment. She was stated to be a student in Cambridge . Such a description is calculated to mislead Indians. She was a student in Cambridge all right, but not of the University of Cambridge , but of one of those fly by night language schools where foreign students come to learn English. Sonia was working as an 'au pair' girl in Cambridge and trying to learn English at the same time. And surprise of surprises, Rajiv was even cremated as per Vedic rites in full view of India 's public.

This is the Nehru dynasty that India worships and now a foreigner leads a prestigious national party because of just one qualification being married into the Nehru family. Maneka Gandhi, though Indian, herself is being accepted by the non-Congress parties not because she was a former model or an animal lover, but for her links to the Nehru family.

Saying that an Italian (or any foreigner) should not lead India will amount to narrow mindedness, but if Sania Maino (now Sonia) had served India like, say, Mother Teresa or Annie Besant, i.e. in any way on her own rights, then all Indians should be proud of her just as how proud we are of Mother Teresa.

OR

Saying that any other party which comes to rule India is again equally worse.

The point is Indians who nominate the people to stand in these elections; and the people who vote their rulers (i.e. the authorities) must know that truth eventually come out some day. Don’t allow the famous land of India (our motherland) to be looked down by others.

It would be great, If you could update the list :) ]]>118@www.periyakaruppan.com//News - AnnouncementsSun, 15 Feb 2009 04:24:00 -0000muthuveerappanLets raise above all religion, caste, regions and become onehttp://www.periyakaruppan.comhttp://www.periyakaruppan.com/?e=131
http://www.periyakaruppan.comhttp://www.periyakaruppan.com/?e=131#commVideo shared in the article is in english to have a global reach, I will share the tamil video link soon, Warning - You may deem/term this article as controversial, conspiracy. This article is about tamils, and boasting (truthfully) about it. You can opt to exercise your free will and back out (by not hearing/reading any further).

We are attaching a playlist of eight videos under the Title "Vinayaka Worship - A Great Mystery Solved" which are the outcome of our research on the TRUE religious foundation of India.

We have solved many a riddles, mysteries and the stupid mythologies that were related to the "So Called" Hinduism of India.

The net result of our search is:

All the Gods are Tamils'All the Stories are Aryans'

Hence, there is nothing like Hinduism, in India. The ancient Tamils way of life was called Aaseevaham. Tamils are called Aaseevahars!

These videos would help you understand the History, Languages, Philosophies & Religions of the world. Do spare some of your valuable time, to watch these videos.

]]>131@www.periyakaruppan.com//Passion, Society, EffortsMon, 02 Feb 2009 08:37:00 -0000muthuveerappanLessons from the toddler on Faithfulness Vs Honesty !http://www.periyakaruppan.comhttp://www.periyakaruppan.com/?e=117
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For example, open source can be compared to honesty Vs commercial products can be to faithfulness.

You need support (i.e. network, faithful, loyal) ! that brings you raw money, Commercial products / service goes by faithfulness,

So, what exactly is faithfulness, dictionaries can tell it means loyalty.